Hello Hello!

Well, my daughter surprised me and showed up from college for her birthday after all. I was so thrilled, we got to spend her 19th birthday together. I was so thrilled, that I cooked all her favorite meals... yes folks I'm a big SINNER this week. But, considering that it was my first big cheat in 4 months, that's not bad. I'm up one pound for this week.

Annie Annie Congratz on that Baby Girl... Your a Granny...Wow!!! Enjoy!!

Congratz to all you LOOSERS out there!!!

So many recipes Yumm Yumm!!!


Annie-Pie...Week 1...11/1-176#
Fishburg ...Week 1...11/1-241#...11/10-241
Zuleka ...Week 1...11/01-171...wk 2-11/10-172
Tina ... Week 1 .... 11/1- 226# 11/10-225
Heather...Week 1...11/1-129#
Maureen...Week 1...11/1-245#...11/10-245
CindyLynn...Week 1...11/1-143, wk 2...11/10-141
Sheila...Week 1...11/1-172#
Terry...Week 1...11/1-255, wk2..11/10-253
Angie...Week 1...11/1-201.5 wk2..11/10 201.5
Karen...Week 1...11/1-233 Week 2...11/10-235
TexLady..Week 1...11/1-171, Wk2...11/10-171
Sarah...Week 1...11/1-218#, wk2...11/10-216
Julie...Week 1..232, wk2...11/10-228

Terry, that pizza is the best. I usually make 2 at a time. One for dinner (with all the toppings) and the other one with just cheese, cut it into 6 pieces and have 3 lunches for my childrens lunch. My daughter is a freshman and she is not embarrassed to eat it!

Zuleka, so happy to hear you got to spend time with your daughter on her birthday.

By the way I tried the pumpkin cheesecake recipe over the weekend. The family voted that it wasn't sweet enough and needed more of the spices. We will be bringing the pudding with us on Thanksgiving it is soo much better.

Hey Annie, where are you? At some point you are going to have to put down that love bundle. lol I'm sure you are smooching her all up. Where are the pictures? Enjoy those special moments. We are thinking and praying for all of you XO

Started exercising again and had a good day food wise. Once you start having carbs it is soooo hard to stop. Is that considered a "carb addict"?

Wishing everyone a great day filled with blessings, Maureen

Heather I will join you on not eating L/C bars. I keep telling myself not today and then i find I am running to the store to get them just like a junkie. That is sooooo sad. Funny thing is when I was eating carbs I very rarely ate dessert or something sweet , I just filled up on breads and potatoes and other bad stuff. So no more for at least the next week--more veggies for me.
angie

"Heather I will join you on not eating L/C bars. I keep telling myself not today and then i find I am running to the store to get them just like a junkie"
Angie- That's great! I sure could use a partner. I told my husband yesterday that I had to stop eating them because I was craving them. Like a man he says "so what's wrong with that?" I said one of the great things about Atkins is that you DON'T HAVE CRAVINGS! He just doesn't see the big deal if ALL I am craving is a LC bar. I probably would let it slide, but now, I'm not sure if it hasn't caused me to stop loosing on the scale. I just can't be sure. It could be my body needs a break, it could be that I have upped my weights and I am holding more water. I feel like a water buffalo as it is! Well, Hubby keeps talking and wont let me type anymore so Later!!!!!!!

Heather

Annie-Pie...Week 1...11/1-176#...11/10-174
Fishburg ...Week 1...11/1-241#...11/10-241
Zuleka ...Week 1...11/01-171...wk 2-11/10-172
Tina ... Week 1 .... 11/1- 226# 11/10-225
Heather...Week 1...11/1-129#
Maureen...Week 1...11/1-245#...11/10-245
CindyLynn...Week 1...11/1-143, wk 2...11/10-141
Sheila...Week 1...11/1-172#
Terry...Week 1...11/1-255, wk2..11/10-253
Angie...Week 1...11/1-201.5 wk2..11/10 201.5
Karen...Week 1...11/1-233 Week 2...11/10-235
TexLady..Week 1...11/1-171, Wk2...11/10-171
Sarah...Week 1...11/1-218#, wk2...11/10-216
Julie...Week 1..232, wk2...11/10-228
Wow everyone seems to be doing great. Ok enough teasing about spending too much time with Kaylin Marie. You're right! How'd you guess?

I truly miss all of you. Haven't looked at the posts much but will do it after my annual physical this morning.
I do love you all. You have become so dear to me and are the wind beneath my wings in this LC effort.
Enjoy your dayeveryone! You're so encouraging to everyone here!
Love, Annie

Annie - WOW I just saw your Grand Daughter's photos in your signature. My -she just perfect!!!!!!

Again Congradulations!!!!!

Jill

Heather, you are soooo beautiful. You look great in the beach picture. Your whole body is the size of my right leg!

Terry, you are sooo encouraging. Thanks. This is a great place to come.

Angie, you're doing terrific!

That's a great picture of Annie and the baby. You know that baby is thinking "I have the best grandma". Such beautiful gifts we receive from God.

Stacy, how is the jogging going?

Jill, Karen, Zuleka and anyone else I may have missed, thanks for all your posts.

Everyone is doing so great. I actually started my WAP tapes again. Still quite a bit tired but I think the exercise may put me back on track again. Have a great day. Maureen

Oh Kaylin Marie is so adorable. Thanks for sharing the photos.
angie

She is a doll baby for sure. I wanted to see her red hair, lol.

The scales tell the tale. I weighed in at 175 Monday. It wasnt all because of the blow out I had on Sunday because I had been gaining anyway. I dont know why and I will probably never know but I am trying to change some things and see if it works. No LC breads or tacos and once again I have cut out my peanut butter. I have started to jog a little inhopes of increasing my weight loss. Who knows something will work eventually.

Annie-Pie...Week 1...11/1-176#...11/10-174
Fishburg ...Week 1...11/1-241#...11/10-241
Zuleka ...Week 1...11/01-171...wk 2-11/10-172
Tina ... Week 1 .... 11/1- 226# 11/10-225
Heather...Week 1...11/1-129#
Maureen...Week 1...11/1-245#...11/10-245
CindyLynn...Week 1...11/1-143, wk 2...11/10-141
Sheila...Week 1...11/1-172#, wk 2...11/10-175
Terry...Week 1...11/1-255, wk2..11/10-253
Angie...Week 1...11/1-201.5 wk2..11/10 201.5
Karen...Week 1...11/1-233 Week 2...11/10-235
TexLady..Week 1...11/1-171, Wk2...11/10-171
Sarah...Week 1...11/1-218#, wk2...11/10-216
Julie...Week 1..232, wk2...11/10-228

Thanks Maureen for the info.

Everyone else have a great day and I am so glad that everyone is sticking with it whether they lose or not.

I forgot to ask... Does anyone have a recipe for cabbage rolls. I have never eaten them but my DH likes them and he wants me to learn how to make them. I would like them to be low carb but I have no idea where to start.

Stacy there are recipes in the recipe section for cabbage rolls. I just used ground beef and didn't add rice, low carb bread or porkrinds. In my ground beef I put garlic ,salt ,pepper, worstershire sause a few drops,a couple of raw eggs and mix well. They turned out great. The trick to cabbage rolls is to get the leaves of cabbage off the head. The best method that workd for me is to put the cabbage in a big pot of water and cook the cabbage until the top leaves start coming off or get softened. Take cabbage out of water (I use a big meat carving fork and just stick it down throuigh the core of the cabbage) Cut around core and Peel off leaves until you can't anymore and just stick the head of cabbage back in boiling water and cook some more.
When you roll the cabbage, slice off the tough part at the top and put meat onto cabbage, stick the sides of the leave in and roll, secure with toothpick. Put the rolls in pot or roaster put some water in it top with crushed tomatoes and some onions. Bake on low (300) for about 4 hours--this helps soften the cabbage. Remember to warn family of the toothpicks.
Check the recipe section for additional methods.
angie

Sheila, I am so sorry for being sooo goofy. I keep calling you Stacy from your member name. Is Stacy your beautiful daughter? I think in the thread on our Sept challenge someone gave us a stuffed cabbage recipe. If I get a chance I will check.

Angie, that recipe sounds so good. Thanks

Terry, you are such a beautiful person inside and out. Just realized the amazing weight loss accomplishment from your family!

Annie, that is such a beautiful picture. We feel the same way about you!

Hugs to everyone, Maureen

Thats ok Maureen, everyone does that. My DD name is LouRae, named after everyone but me. My Mothers middle name was Lou and my Dads and brothers name is Raymond and my DH middle name is Ray, therefore I came up with LouRAe, mostly because I wanted to name her after my Mommy.

Ill have to hunt the cabbage roll recipe. I was gonna try it to try to get in more veggies. I didnt realize you had to bake them for that long as Angie had said.

The pizza recipe is really good, I have made it for a long time and have gotten most of my family to making it.. I made it for my brother when he was here from VA and his little boy (5) asked me if I had madehim diet pizza. I dont think he ever did eat any of it.